law clerk
noun
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis
landed a job as a law clerk at the Supreme Court straight out of law school
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Just seven complaints came from law clerks between 2021 and 2023.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Charters graduated from Emmett High School, earned a bachelor’s degree at Gonzaga University in Spokane, earned a law degree from the University of Idaho, and served as a law clerk to Judge David W. Gratton of the Idaho Court of Appeals, the biography said.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2025
Sassoon graduated from Harvard in 2008 and Yale Law School in 2011 and served as a law clerk to two federal judges, including the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Paula Reid, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Ruth, a Massachusetts native, was a former law clerk for the state Supreme Court and a real estate attorney.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Charters graduated from Emmett High School, earned a bachelor’s degree at Gonzaga University in Spokane, earned a law degree from the University of Idaho, and served as a law clerk to Judge David W. Gratton of the Idaho Court of Appeals, the biography said.
—David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2025
Sassoon graduated from Harvard in 2008 and Yale Law School in 2011 and served as a law clerk to two federal judges, including the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Paula Reid, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Ruth, a Massachusetts native, was a former law clerk for the state Supreme Court and a real estate attorney.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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